SHARE ON: |
| |
| |
 |
 |
|
|
A Texas nurse was convicted Tuesday of capital murder in the deaths of four patients who died after prosecutors say he injected them with air following heart surgeries.
The Smith County jury deliberated for about an hour before finding William George Davis, of Hallsville, guilty of capital murder involving multiple victims. Prosecutors planned to seek the death penalty during the sentencing phase, which was scheduled to start Wednesday.
Davis, 37, was accused of injecting air into the four patients arteries after they underwent heart surgery at the Christus Trinity Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler in 2017 and 2018. During recovery from their surgeries, the four -- John Lafferty, Ronald Clark, Christopher Greenway and Joseph Kalina -- suffered unexplained neurological problems and died.
During the trial, Dr. William Yarbrough, a Dallas-area pulmonologist and professor of internal medicine, explained to the jury how injecting air into the arterial system of the brain causes brain injury and death.
Yarbrough said he was able to determine there was air in the arterial system of the victims brains by viewing images from brain scans -- something he said he had never before observed in his decades in medicine.
He ruled out blood pressure problems or any other causes of death besides the injection of air, and said it must have happened after the surgeries because the complications occurred while the patients were in recovery.
Defense attorney Phillip Hayes told the jury that the hospital had issues and that Davis was a scapegoat who was only charged because he was there when the deaths occurred.
Prosecutor Chris Gatewood said during closing arguments that Davis liked to kill people. And prosecutor Jacob Putman said the hospital hadnt changed any of its procedures and hadnt had any similar incidents since Davis left.
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
1 pm |
| 18 ℃ |
| SCATTERED CLOUDS |
WIND: S 5 KM/H
GUSTING TO 16 KM/H |
|
|
|
2 pm |
| 18 ℃ |
| SCATTERED CLOUDS |
WIND: S 4 KM/H
GUSTING TO 15 KM/H |
|
|
|
3 pm |
| 18 ℃ |
| SCATTERED CLOUDS |
WIND: SSE 5 KM/H
GUSTING TO 15 KM/H |
|
|
 |
4 pm |
| 18 ℃ |
| FEW CLOUDS |
WIND: S 6 KM/H
GUSTING TO 16 KM/H |
|
|
|
5 pm |
| 18 ℃ |
| FEW CLOUDS |
WIND: SSW 7 KM/H
GUSTING TO 14 KM/H |
|
|
 |
6 pm |
| 17 ℃ |
| CLEAR SKY |
WIND: SSW 4 KM/H
GUSTING TO 5 KM/H |
|
|
 |
7 pm |
| 14 ℃ |
| CLEAR SKY |
WIND: SSW 3 KM/H
GUSTING TO 4 KM/H |
|
|
|
8 pm |
| 10 ℃ |
| CLEAR SKY |
WIND: WSW 2 KM/H
GUSTING TO 3 KM/H |
|
|
|
|
TODAY |
HIGH OF 18 ℃
LOW OF 5 ℃ |
| SCATTERED CLOUDS |
|
|
 |
TUESDAY |
HIGH OF 20 ℃
LOW OF 5 ℃ |
| OVERCAST CLOUDS |
|
|
 |
WEDNESDAY |
HIGH OF 15 ℃
LOW OF 7 ℃ |
| LIGHT RAIN |
|
|
|
THURSDAY |
HIGH OF 14 ℃
LOW OF 4 ℃ |
| OVERCAST CLOUDS |
|
|
|
FRIDAY |
HIGH OF 12 ℃
LOW OF 3 ℃ |
| LIGHT RAIN |
|
|
|
SATURDAY |
HIGH OF 16 ℃
LOW OF 5 ℃ |
| FEW CLOUDS |
|
|
|
SUNDAY |
HIGH OF 9 ℃
LOW OF 4 ℃ |
| CLEAR SKY |
|
|
|
MONDAY |
HIGH OF 14 ℃
LOW OF 3 ℃ |
| OVERCAST CLOUDS |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
| Buy One Get One 50% Off On BURST Oral Probiotics! |
| |
| Buy one Oral Probiotic, get a second for 50% off. Mix and match allowed. Adult Oral Probiotics includes one packet of Teeth Whitening Breath Strips plus one refillable Floss... |
| |
| Kids Oral Probiotics includes one packet of Kids Flossables. Mix and match allowed. |
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
 |
 |
KENNY CHESNEY
REALITY
01:30 PM |
|
 |
HARDY
BUCK ON THE WALL
01:27 PM |
|
 |
CASSADEE POPE
HEREDITARY
01:24 PM |
|
 |
DIERKS BENTLEY
BROKEN BRANCHES
01:21 PM |
|
 |
ERIN KINSEY
NO FENCES
01:18 PM |
|
 |
CHRIS JANSON
MY AMERICAN WORLD
01:11 PM |
|
 |
MORGAN WALLEN
THIS SIDE OF A DUST CLOUD
01:08 PM |
|
 |
RANDY HOUSER
STILL THAT COWBOY
01:04 PM |
|
 |
LARRY FLEET
WHOLE LOTTA LITTLE THINGS
01:00 PM |
|
 |
BROTHERS OSBORNE
GOODBYES KICKIN IN
12:54 PM |
|
 
 |
